Some stores have strict rules about asking a certain number of customers regardless of appearance and that they must see some form of ID once they have asked, or no sale. Me, I'd just go with a strict policy of "hiring people with half a brain," but I guess that's just me.

A liquor store near me has a sign that says "We don't care if you look 100. No ID, no sale." Apparently, the local PD/LCB likes to take 20 year olds, give them makeup to look as old as possible, then act like they forgot their IDs, and throw tantrums to see if they can get the minimum wage clerks to sell. It's a policy to protect themselves. Does it seem stupid? Yes, it does. Is it probably necessary? Yup.

I had a friend who refused to sell cigarettes to someone who was clearly over 40 years old because the client lived out of province and the ID he provided was his out of province driver's license, which is apparently not a valid form of ID. The client asked to speak to the manager who proceeded to ream out my friend and told him to sell the cigarettes or he would be fired. He decided it was more important to keep his job, so he sold the customer the cigarettes.

I've had to do that before when bartending. Texas is strict about its liquor laws and TABC doesn't care how old someone is; they still need an ID, no exceptions. Obvious tag should have beaten Silly this time.

Hip Flask:I've had to do that before when bartending. Texas is strict about its liquor laws and TABC doesn't care how old someone is; they still need an ID, no exceptions. Obvious tag should have beaten Silly this time.

I lived in Austin for a short time and some liquor stores wouldn't even take our real out-of-state IDs.

Wegman's cards everyone no matter how old you may appear to be. That's the company policy and a clerk can be fired for selling alcohol without checking id's. Doesn't matter if you are 21 or 81, you're getting carded.

I asked the woman if they gave her an operation to make her so stupid.

My partner works at a wine store where they make her card literally everyone, and people like you make her day shiat. fark you, asshole. I can't wait for your stupid, entitled generation to farking crumble into dust already. Every day she comes home with worse and worse anxiety from all the farking boomers who abuse her over a policy she has to enforce or be fired.fark youfark youfark YOU

I asked the woman if they gave her an operation to make her so stupid.

My partner works at a wine store where they make her card literally everyone, and people like you make her day shiat. fark you, asshole. I can't wait for your stupid, entitled generation to farking crumble into dust already. Every day she comes home with worse and worse anxiety from all the farking boomers who abuse her over a policy she has to enforce or be fired.fark youfark youfark YOU

Sin_City_Superhero:Fell In Love With a Chair: olddinosaur: I was forced to show an ID last year, and I am 65.

I asked the woman if they gave her an operation to make her so stupid.

My partner works at a wine store where they make her card literally everyone, and people like you make her day shiat. fark you, asshole. I can't wait for your stupid, entitled generation to farking crumble into dust already. Every day she comes home with worse and worse anxiety from all the farking boomers who abuse her over a policy she has to enforce or be fired.fark youfark youfark YOU

More like the WHINE store, am I right?

All day long, the seniors come in and treat her like shiat, I've seen it myself. It's that same farking attitude that asshole I quoted displayed. I beg her to quit but we need the money and her new job doesn't start till January. fark people who go out of their way to be nasty to clerks! Why would you defend that?

flucto:Fell In Love With a Chair: I can't wait for your stupid, entitled generation to farking crumble into dust already

How cute that you think your generation won't be the same way when you're crusty old farts.

I'm talking about here and now, and they way they treat folks. It's rich old farkers from Folsom, CA, and if you saw how they treated people, you'd have enough second hand embarrassment and rage to last a lifetime too.

Fell In Love With a Chair:I'm talking about here and now, and they way they treat folks. It's rich old farkers from Folsom, CA, and if you saw how they treated people, you'd have enough second hand embarrassment and rage to last a lifetime too.

No shortage of rude people in any category, ethnic group or demographic. True they feel more and more entitled to speak their mind as they get older but it's not worth trying to defend the argument that some generations have fewer dickwads than others.

flucto:Fell In Love With a Chair: I'm talking about here and now, and they way they treat folks. It's rich old farkers from Folsom, CA, and if you saw how they treated people, you'd have enough second hand embarrassment and rage to last a lifetime too.

No shortage of rude people in any category, ethnic group or demographic. True they feel more and more entitled to speak their mind as they get older but it's not worth trying to defend the argument that some generations have fewer dickwads than others.

I'd be tempted to agree but she used to work at a buffet at Universal Studios and says she didn't receive half as much as the abuse as the older folks who live near her store give her. Ymmv, of course. I just want to protect someone I love, and watching her get worse and worse everyday is eating me alive.

Much older does not imply more mature. There's a difference between crotchety and rude. Respect is earned by behavior. Being an jerk to a sales person who is required to follow rules or risks losing their job is symptomatic of idiocy.

CSBI was in O'Hare on a long layover, having a burger and a beer at the bar in a Chilis or Fridays or some such. I was about 30 and got carded, but I look young, so no big deal.

Then an old man - 75 if he's a day - walks up to the bar and asks for a Christian Brothers Brandy. The bartender carded him too. So I figure they are on 100% ID checks - franchisee policy, or they got busted, or who knows what.

A few minutes later, a proto-cougar in her early 40s sits at the bar and orders a glass of wine. Bartender cards her. When he turned around to pour the drink, she swelled up with pride at the thought that the bartender was flirting with her - adjusted her cleavage, fluffed her hair, the works. I didn't have the heart to burst her bubble.

devildog123:A liquor store near me has a sign that says "We don't care if you look 100. No ID, no sale." Apparently, the local PD/LCB likes to take 20 year olds, give them makeup to look as old as possible, then act like they forgot their IDs, and throw tantrums to see if they can get the minimum wage clerks to sell. It's a policy to protect themselves. Does it seem stupid? Yes, it does. Is it probably necessary? Yup.

If the police are looking for a 100% foolproof way to eliminate a certain number of instances of minors trying to buy alcohol, a good place to start might be to stop sending them into stores to do just that.

One of the joys of working for my dad at a tourist trap was that one day I was working really hard to help make one of our customers enjoy their experience catching fish. I helped his kids take the fish off the hooks, and taught them how to fish, cleaned the fish, and got ready to wrap up. My dad came down to see how things were going. The old, and obviously wealthy, Grandpa decided to try to haggle the price.

My dad lost his mind. "We take pride in provided a great experience and a wonderful product. Get the "fark" off my property, we will keep your fish." The old guy was taken aback. My dad continued to curse at him until he had driven away. My Dad's temper is a force of nature.

I've never felt obligated to treat anyone with respect to to their station in life.

Yeah, rules are rules, blah blah. But -- I have no sympathy or tolerance for some paranoid fugitive from public school administration treat me me like some criminal. Oh, and makeup? If I were indeed under 21, and had the talent and chops to make myself look like I'm 63 (which I am) you better believe I'd put those skills to better use than trying to pull one over on some double digit IQ store manager to buy a 6 pack of Saranac.